Cooperative Agreement FA70001120008

This Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program provides $304,541 to Namaka Algae, Inc. to develop an area-efficient cultivation technology for dense microalgae cultures. The goal is to create a disruptive algal production system that lowers costs while reducing land and water use, supporting the U.S. algae industry for aquaculture feed production and enhancing food security. The technical innovation...

This NSF Project Grant award to Mvmnt-X, Inc. in the amount of $275,000 under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program supports the development of new optical methods to improve the productivity of microalgae cultivation systems. The key products or services to be delivered through this 12-month project include: New illumination methods to enable ultra-high density, high-efficiency microalgae hybrid-photobioreactor scrubbers for capturing carbon dioxide and other...

This $595,400 Project Grant award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (CFDA 10.310) aims to apply genome-scale metabolic models to enhance the nutrient content, flavor profiles, and production efficiency of microalgae as a sustainable and nutritious protein source. The key products and services to be delivered through this 3-year project include: 1) Increasing protein and antioxidant pigment levels in microalgae while reducing bitterness and...

This three-year, $399,820 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Integrative Activities program (CFDA 47.083) supports research at Florida A&M University to characterize the mutually beneficial interactions between algae and bacteria and leverage this knowledge to enhance wastewater treatment and bio-product development. The award funds innovative experiments using isotopically-labeled cells to study shifts in the proteomes and metabolomes of a newly isolated algal-bacterial...

This $1,250,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (CFDA 81.089 - Fossil Energy Research and Development) is funding Global Algae Innovations, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to develop and demonstrate an integrated process for producing algal-based polyurethane consumer products from flue gas carbon dioxide. The key objectives include: 1) scaling up algal oil extraction and fatty acid separation, 2) optimizing the...

This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 4, under the Geographic Programs - South Florida Geographic Initiatives Program (CFDA 66.484), provides $499,998 in funding to the Florida Institute of Technology (Florida TECH) to support a project addressing modified biochar technology for simultaneous red tide mitigation, nutrient reduction, and carbon sequestration. The key activities include synthesis and characterization of modified biochar, analysis of toxin...

This $650,000 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will support the development and testing of a new biomanufacturing process for creating nutraceuticals (plant-based compounds that support human health) and a climate-friendly precipitated calcium carbonate (PCC) product at the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES). The key objectives are to build and test a...

This $650,000 Project Grant was awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (CFDA 10.212). The grant was awarded to Max-Ir Labs Incorporated, a woman-owned small business based in Dallas, Texas, to develop an advanced sensor capable of real-time monitoring of key chemicals in algae growth media. The sensor will leverage novel waveguide...

The Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management has awarded a $1,250,095 Cooperative Agreement under the Fossil Energy Research and Development (CFDA 81.089) federal grant program to Microbio Engineering Inc., a for-profit company located in San Luis Obispo, CA. The funding will support the development of a novel agricultural technology based on cultivating nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria ("blue-green" microalgae). The harvested biomass will be used to produce...

Field Phyto-Nutrients LLC (FPN LLC) received a $300,000 Project Grant award from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program to develop algae-based feed for finfish cultivation. Through the award period of September 1, 2022 to February 28, 2023, FPN LLC will process the marine microalgae Crypthecodinium cohnii (C. cohnii) into feed using a low-temperature drying method. C. cohnii contains high levels of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)...